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What is the ambition matrix and how does it work as part of an innovation portfolio?

Idea to Value

Originally developed by the strategy consultants at Monitor (now part of Deloitte) and made famous by a breakthrough article in Harvard Business Review by Geoff Tuff and Bansi Nagji, the Ambition Matrix is a tool which helps companies identify ways to execute their strategy around where to play and how to win.

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The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

Result: Kodak’s failure to innovate and adapt to digital technology ultimately led to bankruptcy in 2012. This lack of trust leads to poor collaboration, hampers problem-solving, and ultimately affects the overall success of the company. Example: P&G used Design Thinking to redesign its Pampers product.

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16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies

BrainZooming

What would we halt if we stopped doing anything that might be remotely bad for customers? How is our B2B brand dramatically changing individuals’ lives? What changes would let us keep tinkering and improving right up to the time we deliver our next innovation? What innovations would help customers do the right things?

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yet2 Insights: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Yet2

Centuries passed, and while the complexity and elegance of mechanical automata grows, only the development of modern computing allows the possibilities dreamed before. Certainly we find a good amount of that, as with any new tech, but it’s also changing how we think about and solve problems. Is it all hype? Deep Blue).

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Start With Mindset

Leanstack

Yet, when we look around we don’t find the corresponding adoption across teams. often part of a mandated checklist imposed upon teams. That happiness, however, is short-lived when upon closer inspection, I find them blank, not up to date, or a list of problems invented to justify the solution the team is already committed to building.

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Start With Mindset

Leanstack

Yet, when we look around we don’t find the corresponding adoption across teams. often part of a mandated checklist imposed upon teams. That happiness, however, is short-lived when upon closer inspection, I find them blank, not up to date, or a list of problems invented to justify the solution the team is already committed to building.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The answer, to me, is how the meaning of innovation has changed.